= Achyranthes calceolata Russell ex Wall.; Numer. List: no. 6927 (1832), nom. inval.
= Achyranthes glauca B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List: no. 6927 (1832), nom. inval.
= Celosia glauca Rottler; Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 198 (1803), nom. illeg.
= Celosia patula Willd.; Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 198 (1803)
= Psilotrichum africanum var. pilosum Suess.; Kew Bull. 4: 478 (1950)
= Psilotrichum calceolatum Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 280 (1849)
= Psilotrichum elliotii Baker & C.B.Clarke; Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6: I. 58 (1909)
= Psilotrichum mildbraedii Gilg ex Schinz; Vierteljahrsschr. Nat. Ges. Zürich 57: 553 (1912)
= Psilotrichum moquinianum Abeyw.; Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. 2: 158 (1959)
= Psilotrichum nudum Wight; Ic. t. 1775 (1852)
= Psilotrichum ovatum (Moq. ex Hook.) Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40: II. Anhang, 28 (1932), isonym
= Psilotrichum ovatum (Moq.) Moq. ex Hauman; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 111 (1946), nom. illeg.
= Psilotrichum ovatum Peter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 28 (1932)
= Psilotrichum peterianum Suess.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 131 (1952), nom. superfl.
= Ptilotus ovatus Moq.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 13(2): 281 (1849)